The Colors of Nature: Subtropical Gardens by Raymond Jungles Hardcover – 28 October 2008

Hermoso, amo a Raymond Jungles! Llego empacadito y con plástico de que es nuevo. Resultó mucho mejor comprarlo por este medio que traermelo de algún viaje.

This book packs in a lot of Jungles work and is the largest collection os same. Jungles' landscape work has also been published previously by James Grason Trulove's various publications and there may be some overlap with this book.I learned about Raymond Jungles over 10 years ago at a talk he gave at Fairchild Tropical Gardens in Miami where he showcased his work.I gave this book 3 stars for various reasons. One some of the jobs have site plans to give an idea of the work, others don't and this is disappointing to understand the features of Jungles artistic creations illustrated by the photos. Also there could have been more detailed information as to how he transformed the space, as that is the exciting part.In Jungles recent presentation at Fairchild in December 2008, he did just that with one of the projects in the book for a home in Panama with difficult terrain, yet this is not contained in the book.Otherwise the photos are beautiful and the book nicely put together. There are other books on tropical landscape that I would give higher marks such as Made Wijaya a/k/a Michael White's Tropical Garden Design.

Raymond Jungles is a talented South Florida landscaper, whose work is showcased in this book.It is interesting that in order to see a listing of plants he most often works with, one has to refer to "Modern Tropical Garden Design", by Made Wijaya--as there is no list in Jungles' own book.I feel the book would have been better had more plant names been included with the photos, but "The Colors of Nature" still is a lovely book on some selected subtropical gardens. One can "get the feel" of the work of Mr. Jungles and learn a little about landscape design in the process.

Raymond is an outstanding landscape architect and enjoy his works. Great clients that allow the freedom to create such interesting designs. The images are super images and desirable spaces created with man made objects and nature together. Living in Florida for a long time it is great to see how his work comes together. Also it is really fun and interesting visit and experience the work in real life. Truly works of ART.Book is well done and a great resource for the library.

I was disappointed in this book. It really is just a coffee book table of wealthy people’s mansions. I had hoped it would be instructive and talk about plant selection for different areas. It really was just a portfolio of various jobs with little info. I’m ready to sell my copy if anyone wants it. Maybe it will work for your purposes better